Last ditch CRT: right is not always wrong!
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become the mainstay of refractory heart failure treatment. Usually the patients having right bundle branch block (RBBB) on electrocardiogram are considered as relative contraindication as there is no or minimal dyssynchrony in them. We present a case where CRT was put in as last resort in a patient with RBBB and was successful. Short literature review is done on the CRT implantation in patients with RBBB.
Shinde
Rituparna S
RS
From the Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical Foundation, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India. ritushinde@gmail.com
Lokhandwala
Yash
Y
Sathe
Sunil V
SV
Makhale
Chandrashekar N
CN
Grant
Purvez K
PK
Durairaj
Manuel
M
D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017211:Treatment Failure